This is part of our collection of Short Problems.
You may also be interested in our longer problems on Place Value, Integers, Ordering and Rounding.
Printable worksheets containing selections of these problems are available here.
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Rough rectangle
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
What is the smallest possible area that this rectangle could have?
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Central sum
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Can you find numbers between 100 and 999 that have a middle digit equal to the sum of the other two digits?
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Negative dice
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
If the odd numbers on two dice are made negative, which of the totals cannot be achieved?
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Mini Kakuro
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
The sum of each column and row in this grid give the totals as shown. What number goes in the starred square?
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Debt recovery
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Tony and Tina can't work out which of them owes what to the other. Can you?
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Loose change
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
In how many ways can you give change for a ten pence piece?
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Mathematical ages
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Arrange these three famous mathematicians in order with the shortest-lived first.
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Quiz questions
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Jack does a 20-question quiz. How many questions didn't he attempt?
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Highs and lows
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
What were the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in my max/min thermometer?
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Reverse ages
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
When is the next time that Brian's age will be the reverse of his father's age?
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Tick tock
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Tick's watch is slow and Tock's watch is fast. How long is it before their watches differ by an hour?
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Paying the bill
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Gill and I went out to lunch. We agreed to split the total cost equally. How much did I owe Gill?
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Even squares
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Can you find squares within a number grid whose entries add up to an even total?
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Double with 1 to 9
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Can you find a number and its double using the digits $1$ to $9$ only once each?
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Digital book
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
If it takes 852 digits to number all the pages of a book, what is the number of the last page?
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Missing 9s
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Sara makes a list of the whole numbers that do not contain any 9s. What is the 300th number on her list?
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Digit sum puzzle
Age
11 to 14
Challenge level
Let N be the smallest positive integer whose digits add up to 2015. What is the sum of the digits of N+1?
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Pros and cons
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
If p is a positive integer and q is a negative integer, which of these expressions is the greatest?
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Equal length powers
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
How many positive integers $n$ exist for which $n^2$ has the same number of digits as $n^3$?
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Alberta's age
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Alberta won't reveal her age. Can you work it out from these clues?
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Repeat product
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Can you work out the value of P+Q+R in the multiplication shown?
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Sum up
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
David listed ten consecutive numbers and removed one of them. Which number did he remove?
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How many gorillas?
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
If the numbers in this news article have been estimated, then what is the largest number of gorillas that there could have been 10 years ago?
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Digit sum
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
What is the sum of all the digits in all the integers from one to one million?
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Digital counter
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
When the numbers from 1 to 1000 are written on a blackboard, which digit appears the most number of times?
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Number crunch
Age
14 to 16
Challenge level
Create 24 numbers from four digits. Why is 101 always a factor of their sum?